NEWS STORY: Pope Deplores the “Torment’’ of the Palestinians

c. 2000 Religion News Service BETHLEHEM, WesT Bank _ Pope John Paul II, carrying his Holy Land pilgrimage to the Autonomous Palestinian Territories on Wednesday (March 22), celebrated Mass in Bethlehem, the place where Christians believe Jesus was born 2,000 years ago, and deplored the present day “torment” of the Palestinian people. “Peace for the […]